Moisture-proof package.



B. A. CONDAX.

MOISTURE PROOF PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1914.

Patented May 16, 1916.

@WK Ollamm g BASIL A. CONIDAX, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MOISTURE-PROOF PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1L6, 11916.

Application filed May 25, 1914. Serial No. 840,831.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BASIL A. CONDAX, a subject of the Sultan of Turkey, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Moisture-Proof Packages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in moisture proof packages and is peculiarly applicable to packages of tobacco in which the moisture proof Wrapping must be so arranged and of such nature that the internal revenue stamp will be vis'iblewithout opening the package and yet be attached to the inner container and destroyed bythe act of opening the package. 7

In the drawing Figure l is a view of my complete moisture proof package for cigarettes; Fig. 2 a view of the package partly closed without the outer wrapper; and Fig. 3 a sectional view of the complete package. The innermost container 1 holds the goods to be protected from hygroscopic changes. One end of therevenue or other stamp 2 is pasted to it as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The box and stamp are next slid into a carton 3, preferably of paraflined cardboard to promote the moisture proof qualities of the completed package, and having the side flaps 4. and 5 and the bottom flap 6, the projecting stamp replacing the top flap. The carton is next closed with the free end of thestamp extending outside and an outer wrapper 7, of transparent moisture proof material like waxed paper is placed over the whole. "On folding the ends of this paper in finally sealing the package three sides are folded in against the carton and the I stamp and fourth side are last folded into place as is clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. By this method of attaching the stamp and folding the paper the stamp is actually attached to the inner box containing the tobacco but is clearly visible from the outside of the package under the one layer of Waxed paper. If desired a string 8 may be placed in the last fold under the stamp to aid in opening the package and destroying the stamp. The completed package thus produced complies with all the requirements of the revenue department and at the same time protects the tobacco from the effects of atmospheric changes retaining the natural moisture indefinitely.

I claim 1. A moisture proof package consisting of an inner container, a stamp affixed there to with one end free, a carton surrounding said container with the stamp projecting therethrough, and an outer' wrapper of transparent, moisture proof material folded with the projecting end of the stamp visible through the outer wrapper.

2. A moisture proof package consisting of an inner container, a stamp affixed thereto with one end free, a carton havlng at one end side flaps and a bottom flap surround-- ing said container with the projecting stamp in the position normally occupied by the fourth flap, and an outer wrapper of moist'ure proof material folded in at the ends with the'stamp visible through the folded ends.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BASIL A. CONDAX. Witnesses Roar. B. KILLGORE, IRVING KATZ. 

